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Name and Surname Student Number National Number
Master ■
Ahmed Hussein 222421704 PhD ○ 08100032403

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P Institute of Science and Modern +963936372046

Technology
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Dr.Abuzaid Ahmed Professor Petroleum +201004270583

Ali Engineering

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Dr.Tarek Aboul fotouh Professor Petroleum engineering +201019993810
Supervisor 3 information
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Sayed Gomaa Professor Petroleum +201115003694

Engineering
Thesis information
Research Type Total Credit Duration of research
Applied Research 6 6-7 months

Thesis Title:
Production optimization of artificial lift oil wells in Rimelan Field
Keywords: Production Optimization, Artificial Lift, Oil Wells, Operating Conditions

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Introduction and Statement of Problem:
- Production optimization refers to how to maximize the production rate with
minimizing the operating cost and environmental problems.

- The Types of artificial lift :

Sucker rod pump.

Electrical Submersible [ESP ] pump.

Gas lift .

Significance of the study:

- Increasing the production with the available tools with the minimum cost.
- Improvement of ESP pump work using PIPESIM Software.
- This study save time and money.
Aims of research:
- Development of ESP pump work for Rimelan field to optimize the production
rate using PIPESIM Software.
- Determine the optimum operating conditions for ESP pump to minimize the ESP
problems and increased the production rate.
-Study the effect of the ESP pump frequency and well head pressure to determine
the optimum operating conditions for the well.

Research Questions and Hypotheses:

- What are the methods of production in general?
- How can we optimize the artificial lift oil wells?

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- How can we classify the Rimelan field crude oil?
- What is the economic return of production optimization in Rimelan field?
Methodology
- Reviewing the literature of the artificial lift method and selection.
- Reviewing the literature of the production optimization methods.
Rimelan Field description.
- Studying the effect of operating conditions on production optimization using
PIPESIM Software.
- Draw the ESP pump work on PIPESIME Software.
- Apply Nodal Analysis method to get the optimum flow rate and working
pressure.
Innovation aspect (novelty) of the research:
This is the first study research for optimizing the artificial lift performance using
PIPESIM Software for Rimelan field.

Work plan including timetable

Month 1
Some Lectures on how to write a thesis.
Month 2
Literature Review
Month 3
Literature Review
Month 4
Artificial lifting methods
Month 5
Production optimization for some wells using PIPESIM Software

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Month 6
Studying the effect of operating conditions on production optimization
Month 7
Writing the abstract, nomenclature, conclusions and recommendations.
Reviewing and Finishing the thesis.
References:

[1] H. P. Bieker;, O. Slupphaug, T. A. Johansen, 2007, Real-Time Production

Optimization of Oil and Gas Production Systems: A Technology Survey, Paper
Number: SPE-99446-PA.
[2] H. Dale Beggs, 2003, Production optimization using NODAL analysis.
[3] Liu He, Hao Zhongxian, Wang Liangang, Cao Gang, 2015, Current technical
status and development trend of artificial lift, Acta Petrolei Sinica.
[4] H.S. Beiranvand, S. Morshedi , M. Sedaghat and, S.Aghahoseini “Design of a
Gas Lift System to Increase Oil Production from an Iranian Offshore Well with
High Water Cut” Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Vol:5 No 11 ,
pp. 1561-1565,November, 2011.
[5] E. Chikwere, O. Sylvester , D. Appah “ Economic Evaluation of Electrical
Submersible Pump (ESP) and Gas Lift Well For Production Optimization in A
Niger Delta Field” International Journal of Engineering and Technology Vol:5 No
1 , pp. 56-68, January, 2015.
[6] O. Sylvester ,I. Bibobra and O. Augustina “Gas Lift Technique a Tool to
Production Optimization” International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Engineering
Vol:3 No 3 , pp. 41-46, June, 2015.
[7] S. Goswami “Multiphase Pumping to Enhance Oil Recovery” International
Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology Vol:21 No 2 , pp. 67-71,March,
2015.
[8] S. Gasbarri , K. Muradov and D. Davies “International Journal of Oil, Gas and
Coal Engineering” in SPE Offshore Oil and Gas Conference and Exibition, 2013
held in Aberdeen paper SPE 166603.
[9] K.U. Stanghelle, “Evaluation of artificial lift methods on the Gyda field”, M. S.
thesis, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway, June. 2009.
[10] N. K. Mitra, Principles of Artificial Lift, Allied Publishers Private Limited,
New Delhi, India , 2012.
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Name and surname Ahmed Hussein Dr.Abuzaid Ahmed Ali

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